Florida executes man for 2 decades-old murders

Michael Lambrix was convicted of killing Clarence Moore and Aleisha Bryant in 1983.

Author:
AP , WTSP

Published:
10:29 PM EDT October 5, 2017

Updated:
10:29 PM EDT October 5, 2017

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida inmate convicted of killing two people after a night of drinking decades ago was executed Thursday night.

The governor's office says Michael Lambrix died by lethal injection at 10:10 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison.

Lambrix was convicted of killing Clarence Moore and Aleisha Bryant in 1983. Prosecutors said he killed the pair outside his trailer near LaBelle, northeast of Fort Myers.

The 57-year-old Lambrix has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Thursday execution should be halted after Florida's death penalty sentencing method was found to be unconstitutional. The state has since required a unanimous jury vote in death cases.

The jury wasn't unanimous in either of Lambrix's death sentence decisions, but Florida's Supreme Court has said the new rules don't apply to cases as old as his.